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Hakkz

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Jul 6, 2012
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Tipped for Everton and whilst I think Ancelotti isn't the coach he was he'd give Everton a lift.

Arsenal need a Nagelsmann/Ten Hag but I'm not sure if they'll even be able to attract them.

Tbf, they are possibly two of the most sought after managers atm. I would be really surprised if they were interested considering the choices they must have.
 

Dougal

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Jun 4, 2004
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Jordan's obviously a prick but in his defence, Robbie has no idea how it feels to be the ex-owner of a club he loves. I can't stand the "how many games have you been to" line either, it just reeks of gatekeeping. Like fans who can't make it to games are somehow less entitled to express an opinion.
It’s a fans channel. I’d get it if Robbie was somehow trying to present it as a Chairman’s view of a club but that’s not what it’s about. Taking out the fact that it’s Arsenal, this is totally about fans going to games. There are plenty to choose from of people making vlogs from their bedroom. It’s raw, it’s in the present, and Jordan’s point about it not being educational and informative or whatever is bollocks. It doesn’t promise to be. Stick a camera in front of fans coming out of a stadium and you get a certain reaction if the result has gone against them, if you have identified a certain character as AFTV clearly has. So has Talksport. And Sky Sports. Tim Cahill was brilliant on Sky Sports a few weeks ago. Informative, intelligent. So they stick with Roy Keane being a dead pan smart arse with little to offer. Because he’s a character. Simon Jordan speaks as though all view points must bow to him because he knows a few big words and they don’t include ‘blud’ and ‘fam’ and every time he talks the news team reports it as their main headline. And he can’t be arsed going to a game? A lot of people don’t because they can’t. He doesn’t because he doesn’t want to. Yet he preaches shite and sneers at people living and breathing the club. Just because at one point in his life he had £50m to spend and got the kind of exposure he craves by doing so. And he’s still living off it.
 

Timberwolf

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Jan 17, 2008
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They're surely gonna be forced to stick with Freddie until the end of the season at this rate. Whoever this no.1 pick is, they clearly aren't available at the moment or they would've brought them in already, and I can't think of any top managers (bar Ancelotti) that will suddenly become available soon.

It's gotta either Freddie, a punt on Viera/Arteta, or a desperation signing like Big Sam (please God) to keep them up if things get really ugly.
 

Hakkz

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Jul 6, 2012
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They're surely gonna be forced to stick with Freddie until the end of the season at this rate. Whoever this no.1 pick is, they clearly aren't available at the moment or they would've brought them in already, and I can't think of any top managers (bar Ancelotti) that will suddenly become available soon.

It's gotta either Freddie, a punt on Viera/Arteta, or a desperation signing like Big Sam (please God) to keep them up if things get really ugly.

Otherwise Alan Pardew has a history of working with French players. Perfect for them.
 

King of Otters

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Shadydan

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Jul 7, 2012
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Heard both sides of the debate, slightly in favour of Robbie's (mainly because I think Jordan is a twat) because he rightly pointed out that Talksport is known for spreading toxity and getting fans to phone in for profit however if Robbie was all about the fans he would encourage others to come forward not just the regular voices and use them for click bait.

Also them releasing merchandise is the very definition of exploiting the fans.

Having said that it's just hypocritical of anyone from Talksport to criticise and look down on fan channels when they effectively do the same thing albeit on a wider scale.
 

ardiles

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Nov 24, 2006
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They are so desperate for Poch. Look at the replies. I think he’s too pick on the poll for their forum too.

not sure Poch will go there whilst his son is still playing for our youth team. Anyway, I doubt he’d go there even is his son leaves out club.
 

scat1620

L'espion mal fait
May 11, 2008
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Making the safe-as-houses assumption that they won't get Poch, the one I really don't want to see at Arsenal is Rafa Benitez. He'd get their defence into shape (even if he had to make some signings to do it), and they're still fairly strong up front so he wouldn't have too much to do there. No idea if he's even an option for them, but he is what I think they need.
 

hellava_tough

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Apr 21, 2005
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The PL is a massive pull for any manager and PL clubs (especially Arsenal) will pay much more than most. So we can't forget this.

But on the other hand, Arsenal don't seem to have a long term strategy in place, they have a middling squad and no money to overall it.

Personally, I think they'll end up with an inexperienced gamble.
 

philll

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Aug 31, 2012
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Oof I didn't realise Tierney was out until March. He hasn't looked like half the play they thought he was going to be but he's hardly had any time in between injuries to be fair.
 

NinjaTuna

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Jul 9, 2017
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Quite a few injuries mounting up for them. What a shame. Xhaka out for a couple of weeks with concussion and pepe injured too.

Having had dodgy shoulders myself in the past, I know how much of a shit, pain in the arse injury it is to have. Hopefully Tierney recovers from it alright and it isn't a repetitive injury.
On the other hand, fuck arsenal, and I hope they continue to struggle.
 

Marty

Audere est farce
Mar 10, 2005
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Oof I didn't realise Tierney was out until March. He hasn't looked like half the play they thought he was going to be but he's hardly had any time in between injuries to be fair.
Who's said March? Dislocated shoulders are a bitch but three months off does seem a bit long.
 
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